Summer 2000
Welcome Dr. Karl Sitz!
Karl V.
Sitz, M.D. Joins Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic,P.A.
Practice Expands Patient Services in Pine Bluff and Southeast Arkansas
Dr. Karl V. Sitz has joined the staff at Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic according to Dr. Kelsy J. Caplinger, Dr. Gene L. France, Dr. Jim M. Ingram, and Dr. Deanna N. Ruddell, partners in the clinic.
Additionally they would like to announce the formation of Pine Bluff Allergy Associates, a full service clinic for the treatment of patients with asthma and allergic diseases. Patient appointments are available on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, as well as, allergy injections on Wednesday afternoons. "With the addition of the excellent skills of Dr. Sitz and the expansion of our services in Pine Bluff, we will be able to provide better service to our patients in Pine Bluff and all southeast Arkansas," Dr. Caplinger commented.
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Dr. Sitz specializes in the treatment of adolescent and adult allergic conditions and asthma. Dr. Sitz is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and is a 1978 graduate of Parkview High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biology & chemistry from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1982. He received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1986 and completed a three-year residency in internal medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital. He practiced one year of general medicine in the U.S. Army before completing a two-year fellowship in allergy and immunology at Walter Reed Medical Center. Upon completion of his allergy and immunology training, Dr. Sitz spent and additional four years in the U.S. Army pursuing vaccine research. In 1996 he joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and co-director of the Sinus and Allergy Clinic. He joined the Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic in May 2000.
Dr. Sitz is certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, with an added qualification in laboratory immunology, as well as the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and immunology and the Alan Cazort Allergy Society of Arkansas. His practice is limited to the evaluation and treatment of asthma and allergic diseases in adolescents and adults. Dr. Sitz will also be involved in a newly established clinical research center dedicated to testing promising new medication and treatments for asthma and allergic diseases. Dr. Sitz is licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Medicine.
He is married to Betty McKnight Sitz and they have two children, Anna, 12 years of age, and Brandon, 10 years of age. He and his family are active members of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Dr. Kelsy J. Caplinger has been in practice for 31 years, 19 years with the Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic, P.A., and is board certified in allergy and immunology.
Dr. Gene L. France has been in practice 19 years with the Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic, P.A., and is board certified in alergy and immunology.
Dr. Jim M. Ingram has been in practice six years with the Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic, P.A., and is board certified in allergy and immunology.
Dr. Deanna N. Ruddell has been in practice four years with the Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic, P.A., and is board certified in allergy and immunology.